The raccoon was brought into Martin's shelter last Thursday after getting its paw caught in a cuff-style legal trap put out in a mixed residential and industrial use area in Burnaby.

An animal rights group is asking residents not to use animal traps after a raccoon chewed off his paw after being caught in a trap in Burnaby. The raccoon was found dragging himself in a cuff-style ...

He said that even though cuff-style traps are legal, residents shouldn’t be taking matters into their own hands. “Whoever set it, was obviously targeting a raccoon,” Nelson said. Story ...

The B.C. SPCA says a young raccoon in Vancouver was held in pain and distress overnight last week in a jury-rigged electrified animal trap. In a statement, the society said a person in the city's ...

FT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - A raccoon snared in a neighborhood trap is expected to make a full recovery thanks to the medical staff at the South Florida Wildlife Center. Animal rescue workers were ...

SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA) — A $5,000 reward was offered Friday for information leading to the person who used an illegal foothold trap that led to the death of a raccoon in the Santa Clarita area.

The third raccoon remains in care ... the Fur-Bearers’ executive director, said. “(Cuff-style) traps cause suffering to any animal caught in them and will not resolve any potential issues ...

While some members of the public may consider body-gripping devices to be a humane form of animal control compared to poison or fatal traps, Coulter said the truth is that “cuffs” can be ...